Greeks booing the USA 200 runners....

[nick1985]

they all believe its an American conspiricy that their greek runner isnt there...maybe he should have shown up to his drug tests...:roll:


this start has been delayed by like 10 mins because of the crowd....thats so unfair to the runners :roll:

well we shut em up by going 1,2,3.

:thumbsdown: to the greeks on that one.

 

[maddogchen]

man i can't believe we went 1,2,3. Watching that was awesome!

 

[bigalt]

Originally posted by: maddogchen
man i can't believe we went 1,2,3. Watching that was awesome!

it couldn't have gone any other way, those guys are just frigging awesome.

i'm now convinced that what it takes to be a sprinter is to have giant nostrils.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

I swear, the U.S. should sell tin-foil beanies to the other countries at the Olympics. The soccer coach from Brazil said that the U.S. women's team was deliberately trying to injure his players so they couldn't compete.

 

[toekramp]

brazil was so freakin' dirty...that coach is a moron

 

[maddogchen]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
I swear, the U.S. should sell tin-foil beanies to the other countries at the Olympics. The soccer coach from Brazil said that the U.S. women's team was deliberately trying to injure his players so they couldn't compete.

which game did the coach say that? because in the final it seemed like they were trying to take our women out. or maybe it was good editing by NBC....

 

[isasir]

I haven't been following the running competition, but isn't Kenya usually the dominant country for running? Or is that for long distance type things, as opposed to sprints?

 

[maddogchen]

Originally posted by: isasir
I haven't been following the running competition, but isn't Kenya usually the dominant country for running? Or is that for long distance type things, as opposed to sprints?

thats long distance, like marathons distance

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: maddogchen

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
I swear, the U.S. should sell tin-foil beanies to the other countries at the Olympics. The soccer coach from Brazil said that the U.S. women's team was deliberately trying to injure his players so they couldn't compete.

which game did the coach say that? because in the final it seemed like they were trying to take our women out. or maybe it was good editing by NBC....

I don't know which particular game the quote was from, it was in the newspaper after the Germany/U.S.A game but before the Brazil/U.S.A. game.

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: maddogchen

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
I swear, the U.S. should sell tin-foil beanies to the other countries at the Olympics. The soccer coach from Brazil said that the U.S. women's team was deliberately trying to injure his players so they couldn't compete.

which game did the coach say that? because in the final it seemed like they were trying to take our women out. or maybe it was good editing by NBC....

I don't know which particular game the quote was from, it was in the newspaper after the Germany/U.S.A game but before the Brazil/U.S.A. game.

It was from the prior game that Brazil/US played.

The 200m was an awesome race. It wasn't even close. 100, 200 and 400, the US has the fastest men in the world. Wait until the relays. We could be seeing a WR going down.

 

[GTaudiophile]

FOR CHRIST SAKE THEY WERE NOT BOOING THE AMERICANS!!! The SH!T NBC announcers just said that because they have this liberal idea that Americans are evil. The Greeks were booing the fact that their prized-athlete was not there to run the 200m after having missed two drug tests and leaving the games...and then getting into a motorcycle accident. That 200m race was the hottest ticket in Athens for over a year, and they were pissed he wasn't there. Some Athenian newspapers have gone so far as to say that the Americans gave their athlete drugs to force him out of competition. That's BS, so in the end, the Greeks need to simply boo their own.

 

[maddogchen]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
FOR CHRIST SAKE THEY WERE NOT BOOING THE AMERICANS!!! The SH!T NBC announcers just said that because they have this liberal idea that Americans are evil. The Greeks were booing the fact that their prized-athlete was not there to run the 200m after having missed two drug tests and leaving the games...and then getting into a motorcycle accident. That 200m race was the hottest ticket in Athens for over a year, and they were pissed he wasn't there. Some Athenian newspapers have gone so far as to say that the Americans gave their athlete drugs to force him out of competition. That's BS, so in the end, the Greeks need to simply boo their own.

hmm...all I can say is that from some news readings and from what I saw, the booing did get a bit louder when they introduced the Americans. So I think there were at least some in the crowd booing the Americans.

 

[Capone]

I watched it last night too. I was thinking right before the race "They're gonna run 1,2,3 and shut those bastards up."

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: maddogchen

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
FOR CHRIST SAKE THEY WERE NOT BOOING THE AMERICANS!!! The SH!T NBC announcers just said that because they have this liberal idea that Americans are evil. The Greeks were booing the fact that their prized-athlete was not there to run the 200m after having missed two drug tests and leaving the games...and then getting into a motorcycle accident. That 200m race was the hottest ticket in Athens for over a year, and they were pissed he wasn't there. Some Athenian newspapers have gone so far as to say that the Americans gave their athlete drugs to force him out of competition. That's BS, so in the end, the Greeks need to simply boo their own.

hmm...all I can say is that from some news readings and from what I saw, the booing did get a bit louder when they introduced the Americans. So I think there were at least some in the crowd booing the Americans.

Well, the audio was such that I never heard the PA even announce our runners, so I don't think the booing was in response to that. They were booing simply to delay the start and protest the absence of their athlete.

 

[Pocatello]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
FOR CHRIST SAKE THEY WERE NOT BOOING THE AMERICANS!!! The SH!T NBC announcers just said that because they have this liberal idea that Americans are evil. The Greeks were booing the fact that their prized-athlete was not there to run the 200m after having missed two drug tests and leaving the games...and then getting into a motorcycle accident. That 200m race was the hottest ticket in Athens for over a year, and they were pissed he wasn't there. Some Athenian newspapers have gone so far as to say that the Americans gave their athlete drugs to force him out of competition. That's BS, so in the end, the Greeks need to simply boo their own.

Blame America for everything, and people, in general, will eat it up.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
FOR CHRIST SAKE THEY WERE NOT BOOING THE AMERICANS!!! The SH!T NBC announcers just said that because they have this liberal idea that Americans are evil. The Greeks were booing the fact that their prized-athlete was not there to run the 200m after having missed two drug tests and leaving the games...and then getting into a motorcycle accident. That 200m race was the hottest ticket in Athens for over a year, and they were pissed he wasn't there. Some Athenian newspapers have gone so far as to say that the Americans gave their athlete drugs to force him out of competition. That's BS, so in the end, the Greeks need to simply boo their own.

Finishing 4th would not have gotten him a medal either, so why were they so upset?

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: maddogchen

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
FOR CHRIST SAKE THEY WERE NOT BOOING THE AMERICANS!!! The SH!T NBC announcers just said that because they have this liberal idea that Americans are evil. The Greeks were booing the fact that their prized-athlete was not there to run the 200m after having missed two drug tests and leaving the games...and then getting into a motorcycle accident. That 200m race was the hottest ticket in Athens for over a year, and they were pissed he wasn't there. Some Athenian newspapers have gone so far as to say that the Americans gave their athlete drugs to force him out of competition. That's BS, so in the end, the Greeks need to simply boo their own.

hmm...all I can say is that from some news readings and from what I saw, the booing did get a bit louder when they introduced the Americans. So I think there were at least some in the crowd booing the Americans.

Well, the audio was such that I never heard the PA even announce our runners, so I don't think the booing was in response to that. They were booing simply to delay the start and protest the absence of their athlete.

I tend to think that GTaudiophile is on the right track. When they did the medal ceremony there was no booing which I would have expected a lot of if it was simply aimed at the Americans.

 

[shenaniganz]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
FOR CHRIST SAKE THEY WERE NOT BOOING THE AMERICANS!!! The SH!T NBC announcers just said that because they have this liberal idea that Americans are evil. The Greeks were booing the fact that their prized-athlete was not there to run the 200m after having missed two drug tests and leaving the games...and then getting into a motorcycle accident. That 200m race was the hottest ticket in Athens for over a year, and they were pissed he wasn't there. Some Athenian newspapers have gone so far as to say that the Americans gave their athlete drugs to force him out of competition. That's BS, so in the end, the Greeks need to simply boo their own.

Finishing 4th would not have gotten him a medal either, so why were they so upset?

:thumbsup:

 

[Nitemare]

Shawn Crawford & Justin Gatlin

Hometown: Raleigh, NC

w00t!

 

[konakona]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
FOR CHRIST SAKE THEY WERE NOT BOOING THE AMERICANS!!! The SH!T NBC announcers just said that because they have this liberal idea that Americans are evil. The Greeks were booing the fact that their prized-athlete was not there to run the 200m after having missed two drug tests and leaving the games...and then getting into a motorcycle accident. That 200m race was the hottest ticket in Athens for over a year, and they were pissed he wasn't there. Some Athenian newspapers have gone so far as to say that the Americans gave their athlete drugs to force him out of competition. That's BS, so in the end, the Greeks need to simply boo their own.

thats some great insight.

its always lonely at the top, i might add

 

[BooGiMaN]

Originally posted by: bigalt

Originally posted by: maddogchen
man i can't believe we went 1,2,3. Watching that was awesome!

it couldn't have gone any other way, those guys are just frigging awesome.

i'm now convinced that what it takes to be a sprinter is to have giant nostrils.

giant nostirls and a gold chain...

 

[0roo0roo]

ah they can suck their debt for the next hundred years. sick of this sh8t

 

[pukemon]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
FOR CHRIST SAKE THEY WERE NOT BOOING THE AMERICANS!!! The SH!T NBC announcers just said that because they have this liberal idea that Americans are evil. The Greeks were booing the fact that their prized-athlete was not there to run the 200m after having missed two drug tests and leaving the games...and then getting into a motorcycle accident. That 200m race was the hottest ticket in Athens for over a year, and they were pissed he wasn't there. Some Athenian newspapers have gone so far as to say that the Americans gave their athlete drugs to force him out of competition. That's BS, so in the end, the Greeks need to simply boo their own.

Nah, the rest of the world hates Americans. Heck, Americans hate Americans... :roll: